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• Respiratory diseases

  Respiratory diseases in horses are very common and have a variety of different causes. Infectious respiratory diseases caused by bacterial and viral infections, for example strangles and influenza, occur in horses of all ages and are particularly common in young horses, especially those kept in larger groups or yards.
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  New State-of-the-Art Technology for the RVC Microbiology Laboratory: Time to focus on bacteria again

  Rapidly spreading viruses, such as those responsible for the current COVID-19 pandemic or the 2001 foot-and-mouth outbreak in the UK, have dominated the headlines on infectious threats in recent decades. However, bacteria, and multidrug-resistant strains in particular, remain amongst the most important challenges to human and animal health.

• New Equine Locomotor Research Course at the RVC

  

  New course offering farriers the opportunity to gain skills and experience in producing original research to increase the evidence base behind farriery, and enhance equine welfare.

   03 Aug 2016

• Haematology

  Routine samples are analysed using a state-of-the-art haematology analyser.  An automated staining system is used for staining the blood smears to ensure consistency. All samples routinely have a manual differential cell count, platelet estimation, …
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  Benchtop Analyser vs Expert Opinion

  Laureen Peters and Emma Holmes, Lecturers in Clinical Pathology at the Royal Veterinary College discuss the limitations of the benchtop analysis in the vet practice lab

• Exports

  Vets are the RVC's Equine Practice are Official Veterinarians and, as such, can complete health certificates prior to equine export and are happy to advise on the processes involved.

• Pre-purchase Examinations

  Our RVC Equine Practice team is happy to perform pre-purchase examinations both for our own clients and on behalf of non-registered clients either at the seller’s yard or at the Royal Veterinary College if suitable facilities are not available at the yard.

• Sensor technology allows experts to enhance understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

  

  Sensor technology is allowing experts from the RVC and Animal Health Trust to enhance their understanding of the relationship between lameness and back problems in horses

   28 Jun 2017
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  Kid Gets New Lease of Life with Prosthesis

  Thistle, a five-week-old kid (Nubian goat) was first referred to the RVC’s Equine Referral Hospital for evaluation of a suspected open fracture of her right front digits. She was born with what was initially believed to be an angular/flexural deformity and was treated with splints for a few weeks.

• The RVC’s Equine Locomotor Research Course expands to the USA

  

  Grad Dip Equine Locomotor Research offers professional farriers the chance to gain the skills to produce original research which could enhance equine welfare

   26 Jun 2017